Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 327

"You gave them to me." Colin's fingers traced the lower-right corner of the specimen, where a black signature with the letters 'C' - Caldwell's initial - was inscribed.

I stared at Colin, my breath catching. "Me? I gave these to you?"

All of these specimens?

"You said that the beauty of a shooting star lies in its fleeting moment. That the brief bloom of a night-blooming cereus is enough to dazzle everyone..." Colin turned to look at me, his voice as raspy as ever.

But it seemed to carry an endless stream of loneliness, grievance, and guilt. "Life is short, to preserve them forever, this was the only way."

I was shocked as I gazed at the walls filled with butterfly specimens. For a moment, they all seemed to come alive, flapping their wings, taking flight.

"I can't believe I would... like these," I said in astonishment.

Colin took my hand and led me into a room in the basement.

The door had a keypad, sturdy like a bank vault.

As the door swung open, I followed Colin inside.

a tingling

Colin... finally opened

was he finally willing to trust me completely, revealing his hidden secrets, his

with Colin's investigations - about Damian, about me, my parents, the people from

was the

like he was watching over everyone, like the

of panic

couldn't really be

first serial murder case. Three years ago, after I left the psychiatric hospital, there was a series of mysterious

had met their ends through slips, accidents, drownings, fires

the person behind those 'accidents' is the same one behind the serial killings?" I

"There's one thing in common – they

to a doctor who had reported illegal practices at the psychiatric hospital. "This man, Lamont, was one of the few with a conscience among the hospital's staff. It was he who blew the whistle, saving me from

doctor Dexter had brought to provoke

they all

had all once hurt, bullied, and tormented

towards me, while the real killer

knew there was a problem back then, you had this chain of evidence... why didn't you

he looked at me,

tell me everything, right?" I asked, my heart pounding. What was he still